Management of Change (MOC)

This course explains how to establish and apply an effective Management of Change (MOC) process to identify and control the risks introduced by changes in technology, equipment, procedures, materials and organization.

• Understand why MOC is critical to process safety.
• Identify changes that require MOC.
• Assess hazards and risks of proposed changes.
• Manage approvals, documentation and communication.
• Close out changes and update process safety information.

• Lessons from incidents caused by uncontrolled change.
• Types of change: permanent, temporary and emergency.
• MOC process steps.
• Hazard review of changes.
• Roles, approvals and authorization.
• Training, communication and PSSR.
• Documentation and close-out.

• Process and project engineers.
• Operations and maintenance supervisors.
• Process safety professionals.
• Plant managers.

Participants will receive an international certificate upon successful completion of the course.